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Wardrobe Bedstead. No. 233,991. Patented Nov. 2,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK CROSBY, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 233,991, dated November 2, 1880.

' Application filed October 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK GRosBY, of Wakefield, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Bedsteads, of which-the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification and forming part of the same, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the parts closed so as to representa cabinet. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the bed extended. Fig. 3 is a section taken from front to rear vertically, showing the parts together with the devices for producing automatic motion of portions of the case. Fig. A is aview, partly in section, showing the construction of the bed-case and the method of uniting and disconnecting the parts.

My invention consists in a certain construction and combination of parts, which will first be fully described, and then more fully specified and pointed out in the claims.

A in the drawings represents the casing of my cabinet-bed. This casing consists of two posts, B B, rising from a flooring or basepiece, G, to which said posts are detachably connected. To each post G an end piece, F, is attached by means of a metallic fasteningpiece, f, screwed to the end piece, F, and engaging with corresponding openings in the back of the case, said openings being shown at f in Fig. 4. The end pieces, F, are still further secured by dowels a a, which enter perforations in each end of the flooring G.

The posts B B may be connected by paneling 0 O. The end pieces, F, contain open slots b, to receive the axial rod or bar upon which the bed turns when opened or closed.

To the upper part of the posts B B, I hinge the panels D D by means of spring-butts E, the tendency of the spring being to throw the panels into the position shownin Fig. 4:. When in this position they form the sides of the easing when the bed is thrown up, as maybe seen in Fig. 1, and also in Fig. 3, and, in connection with the other parts, they give the appearance ofahighly-finished cabinetorsecretary. When the bed is turned down into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 these panels D D are automatically turned upon the butts E into the position shown in said Fig.2 and in broken lines in Fig. 3. .This automatic action of said panels is secured in the manner following: The bed H being mounted upon the casin g with its axis or pivotal bearings c placed in the open slots 11, wires or cords d are attached to eyes f f, placed upon the end piece, K, of the bed-frame H. These wires pass directly from said eyes through an opening, g, in the back 0, a small friction-pulley being placed in said openings to secure easy action of the cord or wire. From the opening 9 the wire 01 passes upward and enters the casing at the point h, over a friction-pulley, and is carried thence to eyes 6, placed in the panels D.

The arrangement described is clearly shown inFig. 3 of the drawings.

The operation of these parts is as follows When the parts are in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 3 it is evident that the cord or wire d Will be relaxed, and the spring E upon the butt will be free to act and will throw the panels into position shown in said figure, and also in Figs. 1 and 4, where they will form part of the sides of the casing. 0n the other hand, when the bed is turned down into the position shown in Fig. 2 and in broken lines in Fig. 3, the wire orcord d will draw the panels D D into the same plane with the back pieces, 0 G, where they will form part ot the head-board of the extended bed. This action, it must be understood, is wholly automatic, the spring-butts E turning the panels in one direction while the wire d draws them in the other.

In order to assist the motion of the bed H upon its axis 0, I place weights L M in its extremity, one being located upon one side of the vertical plane within which the axis clies and the other upon the other side of said plane. When the bed is first raised both weights operate to assist in elevating the bed-frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A wardrobe-bedstead to the fixed frame of which are hinged two panels, which are connected by springs to the frame and by cords or wires to the bedstead pivoted to the frame, by which combination of parts the panels are,

when the bedstead is raised, pressed outward by the springs to form the sides of the wardrobe, and when the bedstead is lowered are drawn in by the cords to form a part of the head-board, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the pivoted bed H, of two panels hinged by spring-butts to the upright casing and connected, by mechanism substantially as described, with the pivoted bed, said panels being automatically swung into position to form part of the continuous head-hoard when the bed is lowered, and thrown outward when the bed is raised, to form part of the sides of the upright case, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination. with the pivoted bed H, of the hinged panels D D, actuated in one direction by suitable springs, the wires or cords d, and the skeleton-case, all as and for the purpose set forth. :0

4. The combination of the pivoted bed, the panels D D, spring-butts E, wires or cords d, and the casing A, all as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A wardrobe or cabinet bedstead consist- 2 5 in g of the detachable casing B F G, the panels D D, the pivoted bed H, weights L M, and wires d d, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 0 two subscribing witnesses.

MARK CROSBY. Witnesses Z. S. ARNOLD, CHAS. B. TILDEN. 

